At noon today, the figure skating Grand Prix Canada ended the last day of competition, the United States famous Chen Wei lightly won the men's singles championship, the local combination Gillets / Poyrell won the ice dance gold medal, the fierce competition in women's singles, is by the Russian rookie Vallieva with free skating, the total score is a new world record, 265.08 points to win the championship.
The Russian rookie Valieva, who debuted in the women's singles short program and appeared in the finale, sacrificed an unprecedented "three-four" + three-and-a-half week configuration, and won the gold medal with an absolute advantage of 32.20. Three and four weeks were completed with high quality, the grading action was fully leveled, the quality of the rotation was especially recognized by the referee, only three and a half weeks of falling ice slightly flawed, got a surprising technical score of 106.15, plus the highest program content score of 74.74, free skating 180.89, and a total score of 265.08 doubles set a new world record.
World Championship silver medalist and Russian veteran Tuktamisheva's performance is also remarkable, free skating twice to complete the three-and-a-half-week jump, except for the three weeks of the inner point is slightly underwhelming, the technical performance is excellent, free skating 151.64, a total score of 232.88 to win a silver medal. Another Russian player, Kostonaya, opened three and a half weeks, but due to three weeks of problems, she slipped 138.96 to fourth, holding a bronze medal with a short program advantage.
The performance of the three Japanese players is also worth mentioning, the return of the illness Mihara Mai handed over the only clean small score table in the whole field, although there is no high difficulty jumping blessing, but all the technical actions are successfully completed, all get positive execution points, none of the four grading moves have missed a hand, 142.12 won the free skating third, the total score fourth. The runners-up of the 2018 World Championships, Higuchi Shinba and rookie Kawabe Aicai, also completed the three-and-a-half-week jump, ranking sixth and ninth in total scores.
In the men's singles, american players Chen Wei and Brown, who ranked first and second in the short program, successfully held the ranking and won the championship, and Russia's Semenenko, who ranked fifth in the short program, rose to third in the total score with the second place in the free skating, and won a bronze medal.
Compared with last week's U.S. station, three-time World Championship champion Chen Wei reduced the difficulty of this game, handed over a set of stable play of the "Mozart Suite", free skating using the "four four" configuration: the back inner four weeks, the inner point four weeks and the two outer point four weeks were successfully completed, only the last one even jumped off the ice poorly, slightly lost points, the grading was also generally smooth, mainly three and four levels, the modern dance style choreography footwork was also particularly well received, the execution bonus points were almost full, and the men's singles championship was won by the free skating 200.46, with a total score of 307.18.
Another American, Brown, fell to third in the free skating 165.55 due to a four-week descent and three-and-a-half weeks of falling, but with the advantage of short programs, he held a silver medal. The bronze medal belonged to Russia's Semenenko, who played well in the free skating, the "three-four" configuration was basically completed, only a small number of ice fell badly, slightly lost points, free skating 168.30, the total score of 256.01 third. Another Russian player, Ignatov, and Canada's veteran Messing finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
In terms of ice dance, the local group that led the short program sharply, the third place Gillette/Poyrell free dance of the new Science and Technology World Championships, continued to rank first, and the two chose the Beatles famous song "Long Wind and Rain Road" to summarize more than ten years of career, nine technical elements, except for two step statutory level slightly missed, all of them won the fourth level, free dance 125.32, a total score of 210.97 won the Canadian ice dance gold medal for the second time.
The silver medal in ice dance belongs to Italian veteran Kiniard/Fabry, the two have excellent skills and ideal grading, but the execution points are not as strong as the Canadian combination, free dance 121.23, the total score of 200.05 second. Rhythm dance third Spanish group free dance continues to work hard, continue to win the third place, "Zorro's Mask" music with the film in the knife and gun sound effect, full of atmosphere, choreography, gliding, choreography lift is also innovative, free dance 115.96, a total score of 192.93 won the bronze medal for the first time in the Grand Prix.
Next weekend, the third leg of the Grand Prix will be held in Turin, Italy, when the main force of the Chinese team will usher in the first collective appearance of the Olympic season.